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Sebastian Janisz

Freelance Game Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since January 22, 2016

Sebastian is a rockstar programmer with two decades of programming experience in games and tech, including many solo indie games. He has worked with Disney multiple times, for whom he was tasked with their highest priority R&D projects (including tracking for Jedi Challenges AR, which other experts claimed was impossible). He codes many times faster than normal and is suited for problems that are too difficult, tedious, or time-sensitive for other programmers (especially in game development).

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Ian Gallacher

Freelance Game Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since August 3, 2017

Ian began his technology career as a game developer and then evolved into full-stack web development, which he's been doing for the past three years. He has been programming for as long as he can remember, so it's second nature for him. Ian continuously expands his arsenal of technologies and skills, and he puts them to work right away.

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Chetan Surpur

Freelance Game Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since August 9, 2019

Chetan is an entrepreneur with nearly a decade of professional experience in software engineering. He has founded a mobile gaming company and released two games, one of which has over 6 million downloads on iOS and Android. Chetan was previously an engineer and researcher at a cutting-edge AI company, and the first engineering hire at a social mobile startup. He can fit easily into any project, delivering products that surprise and delight.

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Vadim Dagman

Freelance Game Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since July 5, 2013

Vadim is a seasoned freelance software developer, architect, technical manager, and entrepreneur with over 25 years of professional experience. He has built many complex world-class software products from start to finish, spanning numerous platforms. He has worked both individually and as a group leader.

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Timothy Mensch

Freelance Game Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since April 7, 2015

Tim is a senior software architect/engineer generalist. He has built the technology stack for multiple startups from the ground up. He also has experience rescuing projects and turning train wrecks into successful launches. He has worked in many domains, including retail, banking, internet of things, high-performance servers, machine learning, gamification, and scalable application server design. He has worked with cloud servers from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, and Azure.

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Matthew Keas

Freelance Game Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since July 13, 2013

Matthew is an enthusiastic student of computer science, distributed computing, compiler theory, computer security, self-configured Linux systems, and functional theory. Recent projects involve cross-cloud and private-cloud architecture, configuring multiple Kubernetes clusters, Rancher cluster manager, Longhorn distributed block-storage management, Apache Kafka, and IoT edge-computing.

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Matthew Knippen

Freelance Game Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since October 9, 2013

Matthew has been building iPhone and iPad applications since the release of the iPhone SDK in 2008, working on over 60 applications in his career. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the Illinois Institute of Technology. His best strengths are Native iOS development and product development and management.

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Kentaro Rose

Freelance Game Developer

United StatesToptal Member Since June 16, 2013

Kentaro is a developer who specializes in web development. He has helped develop and maintain sites for various companies including Kaiser Permanente, HPMG, IFAW, and more. He develops with quality and user in mind--that is, code quality and performance for the back-end and a great user experience on the front-end.

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Marc-Antoine Desbiens

Freelance Game Developer

CanadaToptal Member Since December 4, 2017

Marc-Antoine is a versatile and creative Unity programmer and game designer with 8+ years of coding experience and 5+ years of game dev experience, including working on Assassin's Creed at Ubisoft and Batman at Warner Brothers Games. In the past three years, Marc-Antoine has decided to become a full-time freelancer and has worked on over 20 game projects since then, including his own co-op puzzle adventure game: The Last Crystal.

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Peter Campbell

Freelance Game Developer

GermanyToptal Member Since December 11, 2018

Peter has worked on games, game engines, AR, SDKs, security, apps, and the web—always taking great care with the UX, optimization, and integration. Career highlights include Disney projects—an AR MMO experience for "The Amazing Race" and a multiplayer soccer game for the "Goal!" movies—and the GetSocial cross-platform SDK (iOS, Android, Unity) partnered with Unity Technologies. Currently, Peter is looking for bleeding-edge AR/VR projects.

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Mike Kribel

Freelance Game Developer

CanadaToptal Member Since February 4, 2020

Mike is a highly experienced individual in the video game industry (13 years) who has decided to take the plunge a few years ago and went independent. He founded a studio by the name of in Principle, Inc., where he develops games using the Unity3D engine, whose primary objective is to be something different. Mike specializes in game design, programming (C#), and tools development (C# and VBA).

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Tripcents wouldn't exist without Toptal. Toptal Projects enabled us to rapidly develop our foundation with a product manager, lead developer, and senior designer. In just over 60 days we went from concept to Alpha. The speed, knowledge, expertise, and flexibility is second to none. The Toptal team were as part of tripcents as any in-house team member of tripcents. They contributed and took ownership of the development just like everyone else. We will continue to use Toptal. As a start up, they are our secret weapon.

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Tripcents

I am more than pleased with our experience with Toptal. The professional I got to work with was on the phone with me within a couple of hours. I knew after discussing my project with him that he was the candidate I wanted. I hired him immediately and he wasted no time in getting to my project, even going the extra mile by adding some great design elements that enhanced our overall look.

Paul Fenley, Director

K Dunn & Associates

The developers I was paired with were incredible -- smart, driven, and responsive. It used to be hard to find quality engineers and consultants. Now it isn't.

Ryan Rockefeller, CEO

Radeeus

Toptal understood our project needs immediately. We were matched with an exceptional freelancer from Argentina who, from Day 1, immersed himself in our industry, blended seamlessly with our team, understood our vision, and produced top-notch results. Toptal makes connecting with superior developers and programmers very easy.

Jason Kulik, Co-Founder

ProHatch

As a small company with limited resources we can't afford to make expensive mistakes. Toptal provided us with an experienced programmer who was able to hit the ground running and begin contributing immediately. It has been a great experience and one we'd repeat again in a heartbeat.

Stuart Pocknee , Principal

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We used Toptal to hire a developer with extensive Amazon Web Services experience. We interviewed four candidates, one of which turned out to be a great fit for our requirements. The process was quick and effective.

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Photo Kharma

Sergio was an awesome developer to work with. Top notch, responsive, and got the work done efficiently.

Dennis Baldwin, Chief Technologist and Co-Founder

PriceBlink

Working with Marcin is a joy. He is competent, professional, flexible, and extremely quick to understand what is required and how to implement it.

André Fischer, CTO

POSTIFY

We needed a expert engineer who could start on our project immediately. Simanas exceeded our expectations with his work. Not having to interview and chase down an expert developer was an excellent time-saver and made everyone feel more comfortable with our choice to switch platforms to utilize a more robust language. Toptal made the process easy and convenient. Toptal is now the first place we look for expert-level help.

Derek Minor, Senior VP of Web Development

Networld Media Group

Toptal's developers and architects have been both very professional and easy to work with. The solution they produced was fairly priced and top quality, reducing our time to launch. Thanks again, Toptal.

Jeremy Wessels, CEO

Kognosi

We had a great experience with Toptal. They paired us with the perfect developer for our application and made the process very easy. It was also easy to extend beyond the initial time frame, and we were able to keep the same contractor throughout our project. We definitely recommend Toptal for finding high quality talent quickly and seamlessly.

Ryan Morrissey, CTO

Applied Business Technologies, LLC

I'm incredibly impressed with Toptal. Our developer communicates with me every day, and is a very powerful coder. He's a true professional and his work is just excellent. 5 stars for Toptal.

Pietro Casoar, CEO

Ronin Play Pty Ltd

Working with Toptal has been a great experience. Prior to using them, I had spent quite some time interviewing other freelancers and wasn't finding what I needed. After engaging with Toptal, they matched me up with the perfect developer in a matter of days. The developer I'm working with not only delivers quality code, but he also makes suggestions on things that I hadn't thought of. It's clear to me that Amaury knows what he is doing. Highly recommended!

George Cheng, CEO

Bulavard, Inc.

As a Toptal qualified front-end developer, I also run my own consulting practice. When clients come to me for help filling key roles on their team, Toptal is the only place I feel comfortable recommending. Toptal's entire candidate pool is the best of the best. Toptal is the best value for money I've found in nearly half a decade of professional online work.

Ethan Brooks, CTO

Langlotz Patent & Trademark Works, Inc.

In Higgle's early days, we needed the best-in-class developers, at affordable rates, in a timely fashion. Toptal delivered!

Lara Aldag, CEO

Higgle

Toptal makes finding a candidate extremely easy and gives you peace-of-mind that they have the skills to deliver. I would definitely recommend their services to anyone looking for highly-skilled developers.

Michael Gluckman, Data Manager

Mxit

Toptal’s ability to rapidly match our project with the best developers was just superb. The developers have become part of our team, and I’m amazed at the level of professional commitment each of them has demonstrated. For those looking to work remotely with the best engineers, look no further than Toptal.

Laurent Alis, Founder

Livepress

Toptal makes finding qualified engineers a breeze. We needed an experienced ASP.NET MVC architect to guide the development of our start-up app, and Toptal had three great candidates for us in less than a week. After making our selection, the engineer was online immediately and hit the ground running. It was so much faster and easier than having to discover and vet candidates ourselves.

Jeff Kelly, Co-Founder

Concerted Solutions

We needed some short-term work in Scala, and Toptal found us a great developer within 24 hours. This simply would not have been possible via any other platform.

Franco Arda, Co-Founder

WhatAdsWork.com

Toptal offers a no-compromise solution to businesses undergoing rapid development and scale. Every engineer we've contracted through Toptal has quickly integrated into our team and held their work to the highest standard of quality while maintaining blazing development speed.

Greg Kimball, Co-Founder

nifti.com

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Within days, we'll introduce you to the right game developer for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.
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Work with your new game developer for a trial period (pay only if satisfied), ensuring they're the right fit before starting the engagement.

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